# Pixelization Code and Data License

## Description
Please read carefully the following terms and conditions and any accompanying documentation before you download and/or use the Pixelization Code and Datasets ("Multi-cell pixel art dataset and Non-pixel art dataset"). By downloading and/or using Pixelization, you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions, understand them, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not download and/or use Pixelization.

## For non-commercial scientific research purposes
This repository and datasets are made freely available to academic and non-academic entities for non-commercial purposes such as academic research, teaching, scientific publications, or personal experimentation.

Any commercial use of the Dataset and Code is strictly prohibited.

Commercial use of the Dataset and Code includes, but is not limited to:

* Proving the efficiency of commercial systems;
* Testing commercial systems;
* Using screenshots of subjects from the Dataset in advertisements,
* Selling data or making any commercial use of the Dataset,
Broadcasting data from the Dataset.
* Any violation of this clause will give rise to immediate legal prosecution by the Licensor.

Any damages and/or unfair enrichment or the like of the End User due to the breach of the License shall be immediately restituted to the Licensor together with the derivative works, products and services based on the Dataset.


## Ownership
Zongwei Wu and CV Lab of South China University of Technology.

We reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this license.

## License Grant
Owners grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, free of charge right:
* To install Pixelization on computers owned, leased or otherwise controlled by you and/or your organisation;
* To use Pixelization for the sole purpose of performing non-commercial scientific research.

Any other use, in particular any use for commercial purposes, is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, incorporation in a commercial product, use in a commercial service, or production of other artefacts for commercial purposes including, for example, 3D models, movies, or video games. Pixelization may not be reproduced, modified and/or made available in any form to any third party without Owner's prior written permission.


## Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
You expressly acknowledge and agree that Pixelization results from basic research, is provided “AS IS”, may contain errors, and that any use of Pixelization is at your sole risk. OWNERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING Pixelization, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED, AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY LEGAL OR ACTUAL DEFECTS, WHETHER DISCOVERABLE OR NOT. Specifically, and not to limit the foregoing, Owners make no representations or warranties (i) regarding the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of Pixelization, (ii) that the use of Pixelization will not infringe any patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of a third party, and (iii) that the use of Pixelization will not cause any damage of any kind to you or a third party.

## Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall Owners be liable for any incidental, special, indirect or consequential damages arising out of or relating to this license, including but not limited to, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data, or all other commercial damages or losses, even if advised of the possibility thereof.

## No Maintenance Services
You understand and agree that Owners are under no obligation to provide either maintenance services, update services, notices of latent defects, or corrections of defects with regard to Pixelization. Owners nevertheless reserve the right to update, modify, or discontinue Pixelization at any time.

## Publication with Pixelization
You agree to cite the Pixelization paper ("Make Your Own Sprites: Aliasing-Aware and Cell-Controllable Pixelization") when reporting results with the datasets.